# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zakes-mda
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:24.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zakes-mda"
name: "Zakes Mda"
slug: "zakes-mda"
description: "Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni \"Zakes\" Mda is a South African novelist, poet and playwright. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays. He is the son of politician A. P. Mda."
tagline: "South African writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             3.577981651376148
  historical:           12.35291733333333
  currentAttention:     19.8776758409786
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "زاكيس مدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaki_Mda"
    title: "Zaki Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Зейкс Мда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mda"
    title: "Zakes Mda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump